swimmen

Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Verb

swimmen (past singular swumm, past participle swummen, auxiliary verb hebben or wesen)

  1. to swim

Conjugation

Middle English

Verb

swimmen

  1. Alternative form of swymmen

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman.

Verb

swimmen

  1. to swim

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Bavarian: schwimma
  • German: schwimmen
  • Luxembourgish: schwammen
  • Vilamovian: śwyma
  • Yiddish: שווימען (shvimen)
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